The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-29
NOTABLE EVENTS THAT VIZ
FIND RECORDED.
4 Funny Msn-SeryinS = Patient
saved the Hatter-N Lottery
SChemr-Wanied Som. Huckic-
berries, &c, &c.

nne horse, III" price 10 he SlfD anu WAS
Just about to hand over the money
when he remarked, 1.-THE halter goes
with the horse, of course, ! have
none with me-" The halter in
question was an old one, worth perhaps
40 cents. ''Oh no." replied the own
er, &" if you want the halter, want my
pav for it." This was too much for Mr..
Kccgan, and quoth he, show much 10
you want for your old halter e ''Sev-
enty-fiye cents was the reply. "All
right said keegan. ''Here is Your
seventy-five cents; that's just such hal
ter as L have been looking for :" And
as he passed over the change he quietly
took off the (now his halter put the
Sl75 back into his pocket, stepped into
his buggy and drove away, leaving the
over-grasping owner to lament the loss
of a good sale and to get homo his hal
tcrlcss horse as best he might.
Mr.. EDWARD JACK, writing about
hemlock, SAYS that until lately it has
been abundant in Maine and in the
maritime provinces of Canada, but axe
and fire are fast DISCRIMINATING it. The
liability of the tree to be blown down
on account of its bushy top causes wind
falls which sometimes cover considerable
areas, over which fires rage furiously.
The lateral roots run near the surface to
great distance, and when the tree is
blown down they bring up large masses
OF earth. In awindfall the trunks, tops,
and the clumps of earth brought no Ivy
the roots form a tangle through which
one can make only little progress. Two
days of hard work were required to get
through three or four miles of a tract
Mr.. Jack WAS once inspecting.
Dir. LYsAGHr OF the Bristol, England,
Royal Intirmary, sacrificed his life in an
effort 10 save u patient. About fort
night ago man was admitted to the
intirmary suffering from an affection Of
the throat, supposed to be diphtheria.
The operation Of trachcotomy was per-
formed by DIR. Lysaght; but, the tube
becoming clicked. the last chance of
saving the mans life was for some one
to apply his lips TO the tube and suck
tho moisture. This DIR. Lysaght did,
but without avail, for shortly afterward
the patient died of suppressed .scarla-
tina. DR.. Lysaght caught the disease
in its worst form and died. 4 window
is to be erected in the infirmary to his
memory.
A SINGULAR case of desertionfrom the
army came before an Austrian court
martial recently. a Carniolan recruit
deserted the ranks in 1S48. He lived
for thirty years in the mountains
and forests OF Carniola and Carinthia,
associating only with shepherds and
woodcutters, his only shelter being i'll
huts Of his own construction. He con
trivcd to make small livelihood by
selling resin, but. Mt last, as old age
came on, he got tired of his mode OF ex-
istence. and in his sixty-third year he
surrendered to the military authorities.
They nave condemned him to eight
months harl labor, which, under the
circumstances, seems rather harsh SEN
tence.
IT was the funniest thing | ever ran
across in the ten wears | have held this
position, said u Chicago ticket agent.
"A Young man came t. the window aud
boughta ten-ride family suburban ticket.
After PAVING for it he asked me topuncii
out seven rides. | didn't exactly under
stand what he wanted, aud told him the
conductor would attend to THAT all right
enough. He then explained to Inc that
his wife had given him ticket that
morning containing four rides; he had
d used one coming in and lost the ticket
during the day. AMI rather than admit
having lost it he bought the new tlcNe'
and hal the same number of rides
punched out.
About dozen years ago Wagner, tho
celebrated Isles of Shoals murderer, wa:
locked mp in the York county jail ut Al
fred. Maine. 1t was during the huckic
berry season. One night the prisone